The situation is itself a contradiction: although there is no uniquely compelling `story' or `interpretation' that we can tell to make sense of quantum theory,The dominant interpretations are, of course: the so-called Copenhagen interpretation [1]}, the De Broglie-Bohm theory [2]} (related to this, see [3]}[4]}), and the `many-worlds' or relative state formulation [5]}. Informal polling (see e.g., [6]}[7]}) seems to imply that none of these interpretations are widely favored above the others. physicists seem to be making do with it all the same. Indeed, the simple fact is that, if pushed, many would likely admit that [8]} “quantum theory needs no `interpretation'." It is justified on empirical grounds. Or, to put it even more bluntly, we should all just: “shut up and calculate!"
